Teresa Mannion

Regional Reporter

Fifty passengers paid around $60,000 per person for the exclusive trip

Yankee Clipper lands in Shannon as part of nostalgic trip

A Pan American Boeing 757-200, known as Yankee Clipper 11, has touched down at Shannon Airport as part of a nostalgic return to Ireland after three decades.

Munster • 25 Jun 25

How Athlone may look in 2050 as depicted by RTÉ programme Futureville Ireland

€5bn plan to turn Athlone into a green city unveiled

A €5bn master plan has been unveiled for a new green sustainable city in Athlone as a solution to Ireland's future population growth.

Leinster • 22 Jun 25

Catherine Hallinan, Niamh Ryan and Katie Molloy are all members of the Rome Hibernia Gaelic Athletic Association

Pope Leo gifted GAA jersey during audience at the Vatican

Pope Leo has been gifted a special GAA jersey during a recent audience at the Vatican for the Jubilee of Sport.

Ireland • 22 Jun 25

$Philippe Poncet, nearest to front, finishing the 85km cycle in Letterfrack, Co Galway$

Cycling tour to raise awareness for COPD reaches Galway

Ireland's former professional cycling champion Sean Kelly and Italy's Claudio Chiappucci are in Galway for the last leg of an international tour to raise awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Ireland • 21 Jun 25

Over 100 people marched to Bantry Town Square

Campaign highlights 'indiscriminate harvesting' of sprat

Calls for a ban on inshore fishing by industrial trawlers have become an increasingly divisive issue among coastal communities in counties Cork and Kerry.

Munster • 03 Jun 25

The incident occurred at Lissadell Beach yesterday afternoon

Community devastated as boy named after Sligo drowning

Shock and sadness have been expressed after a young boy died after getting into difficulty in the water at a Co Sligo beach yesterday afternoon.

Ireland • 18 May 25

Three women breached Shannon Airport's perimeter fence and caused criminal damage (file photo)

Garda injured after criminal damage incident at Shannon

Three people have been arrested following a criminal damage incident at Shannon Airport in Co Clare this afternoon.

Munster • 18 May 25

President Michael D Higgins said hunger is being used as an 'instrument of war'

Gazans subjected to 'forced starvation', says President

President Michael D Higgins has accused the United Nations Security Council of failing "again and again" by not dealing with current famines including what he called the "forced starvation" of the people of Gaza.

Ireland • 17 May 25

Mary Booth pictured with her fundraising team

Clarinbridge community preparing for fundraiser tea party

The community of Clarinbridge in Galway is gearing up for its annual tea party as part of a fundraising effort for the east African country of Malawi.

Connacht • 13 May 25

Wheelchair uses say they have experienced a new lease of life as a result of the initiative

Wheelchair-friendly beach mats bring joy in Mayo

Wheelchair users in Co Mayo have been enjoying the sunshine on a blue flag beach in Iorras, thanks to recently installed accessible mobility mats.

Ireland • 13 May 25